Parts 1 - The Compleat Botanica

1 Sunshine
2 Water
3 Optimal soil texture
Item Notes
Optimal lighting requirements to prevent scorching and to promote
healthy growth.
Best moisture conditions for terrestrial plants. A good indicator of a
plant's tolerance to the extremes of drought and over saturation.
The best type of soil for providing a support base and for retaining/
releasing available water.
4 Acceptable soil pH An indicator of a plant's suitability to acidic conditions.
5 USDA hardiness
6 AHS heat zones
7 Sunset climate zones
8 Plant community
9 Biotic community
The United States Department of Agriculture's hardiness zones in which
this plant is known to thrive. This range of zones indicates both the
lowest temperature acceptable for survival as well as the plant's
requirement for a cold dormant period.
The American Horticultural Society's heat zones in which this plant is
known to survive. The lower value indicates a plant's minimum
requirement for summer heat. The upper value indicates a plant's
maximum tolerance for summer heat.
The Sunset Books' climate zones in which this plant does best. This set of
zones may be a discontinuous range, for example: "Zones 4-9, 14-24".
One or more of the 29 plant communities defined by Munz, which
indicates the native environment in which the species is naturally found
growing.
One or more of the plant communities defined by Brown, Reichenbacher,
and Franson which indicates the species' range of natural occurrence in
the environment.